Around the region: Several adults, teens held after burglary

Several adults and teens were taken into custody Sunday night after a burglary at a food store just northeast of downtown Houston.

The incident occurred about 11:10 p.m. at the P & H store in the 3300 block of Green, according to the Houston Police Department.

Police said officers were dispatched to the store about a burglary. When they arrived, they spotted a woman standing in the store parking lot. She was holding a box of food that later was determined to have been removed from the store.

Two men, 42 and 26, as well as a woman, 29, and two 17-year-old men were later taken into custody. Also taken into custody and turned over to juvenile probation authorities were two girls, 15 and 16.

Police said an 11-year-old boy was detained at the scene. He was issued a curfew violation and released to his parents.

So far, no charges have been filed in the case.

Man charged in alleged robbery of gun warehouse

Charges have been filed against a man who police say helped rob a warehouse that sporting goods giant Academy uses to store its firearms, and injuring and kidnapping a security guard in the process.

Curtis Duncan, 26, has been charged with aggravated robbery for his part in the March 26 incident in west Houston.

It's alleged that Duncan and two accomplices kidnapped a security guard assigned to the Academy storage area, pistol-whipped him, stole the keys to a trailer containing merchandise, and forced the security guard to strip to his underwear on the side of a nearby road.

The security guard was picked up by a passerby who took him to an area hospital for treatment.

Police say that Duncan and his accomplices stole up to 73 firearms from a trailer using the keys stolen from the guard.

After the firearms were stolen they were all reported and flagged as stolen.

A suspect in Harris County custody later helped lead ATF and police officials to associates of Duncan, who was arrested at his home on April 8.

Duncan confessed to police, according to court documents, to handing the keys off to several other suspects who helped themselves to the firearms in the trailer. He also confessed to stripping the security guard and leaving him on the side of the road near I-10 and Highway 99.

Duncan is currently in Harris County custody facing charges for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. He's being held without bond.

Woman pleads guilty to trying to steal identities

GALVESTON - A Galveston woman pleaded guilty Monday to sifting through hotel computers to steal identity information on more than 50 persons, the Galveston County District Attorney's Office said Monday.

Courtni Heryford, 29, pleaded guilty to fraudulent possession of identifying information and possession of 1 gram of a controlled substance.

District Judge John Ellisor sentenced her to eight years' imprisonment.

Heryford was arrested Sept. 24 after police received complaints from several victims in Galveston, some of them visitors to the island. Police were able to determine that the victims had all had dealings with Heryford.

Investigators found documents and a computer containing stolen identities in a Galveston hotel room occupied by Heryford. She admitted to investigators that she had been acquiring identity information at public computers in Galveston hotels, authorities said.

Armed man arrested after fleeing vehicle

GALVESTON – An armed man jumped out of a moving stolen vehicle with a passenger inside after failing to outrun police in a chase through Galveston residential streets, city police said Monday.

Johnathon Hatter, 23, was arrested Saturday while trying to hide in a sports bar and charged with evading arrest in a vehicle, tampering with evidence and possession of a firearm by a felon, police said.

Police gave this account:

Officers spotted Hatter and an unidentified passenger in a 1999 Buick La Sabre about 9:15 a.m. as they pulled out of the Sandpiper Cover apartment complex. The car was identified as stolen and the driver sped away after a patrol car turned on its flashing light and siren.

Officers said they saw Hatter throw marijuana from the moving vehicle before reaching the intersection of Lafitte and Bayou Shore Drive, where he slowed down and leaped from the car.

He fled as the driverless car rolled into an empty lot toward Offats Bayou, stopping a few feet from the water's edge.

Authorities said the passenger identified the driver and said he was armed with a revolver. Officers arrested Hatter in the On The Bayou sports bar at 61st Street and Heards Lane. A resident found the revolver in a yard in the 1800 block of Heards Lane.